I used to listen to Air America and that other channel with Stephanie Miller's talk show, Tom Hartman talk show, etc, on my way to and from work. It was good to hear an alternative voice to the many right wing radio stations in this area. It was such a relief to listen to other like-minded people and hope that some lost souls may bump into this station by chance and wonder for the first time in their lives about opinions that are contrary to their brainwashed beliefs. Maybe, only maybe, it would convert a few.
Sometime early this year, the progressive radio station "940" dissapeared and was replaced by a sports station, the 5th sports talk station in the area, leaving listeners of Progressive Talk with no terrestrial radio options in South Florida.
I sometimes search through the AM stations to see if maybe it came back, only to find Rush or Hannity or one of those nuts talking about "Obama's destruction of America". I cringe and keep searching, but there is no progressive radio anymore.
While googling for more information I wondered if it really was the ratings and if there were other people bothered by this and I found this blog:
http://my2bucks.wordpress.com/...
Yes, I filed a complaint with the FCC but I don't think it will do much, and I was thinking... I would PAY to listen to progressive radio on a terrestrial radio station. If any of those progressive talkshow hosts would do a fundraiser I would contribute a monthly fee. But "I" cannot start it, don't have the time nor resources.
I don't even want to shut up Rush (well, to be honest it would not bother me if his show went off the air, because I do fear that he is inciting his crowd to violence), but all I need is some alternative voices on the radio, and here in South Florida we lost ours.